Whereas he might have been briefly defeated within the season 1 finale, Invoice Skarsgård is able to go well with up for Pennywise in IT: Welcome to Derry‘s future. Co-created by Andy and Barbara Muschietti and co-showrunner Jason Fuchs, the HBO sequence noticed Skarsgård reprise his position as the long-lasting monster clown from Muschietti’s movie variations of Stephen King’s novel, albeit in a special setting because it was set in 1962. Along with displaying him looking and feeding on a special set of younger protagonists, Welcome to Derry additionally provided extra of Pennywise’s origins.
Now, in an interview with ScreenRant‘s Grant Hermanns for the huge launch of his acclaimed crime biopic Lifeless Man’s Wire, Skarsgård provided a tease of Pennywise’s future in IT: Welcome to Derry. Whereas reflecting on taking part in the Bob Grey iteration of the character in a flashback scene to 1908, which Skarsgård describes as being “this type of drunk, has-been clown” earlier than having his kind taken by IT, the star discovered himself shocked on the “layers” he and the artistic workforce had been discovering with the character and teased there being extra to come back:
Invoice Skarsgård: I feel that the scene the place Bob Grey is speaking to IT because the youngster was the one which I feel we had a number of the most enjoyable with. We simply laughed at a whole lot of issues that got here out and issues that we improvised and stuff. That scene could be very totally different from the form of, “[In over-the-top Pennywise voice] Oh my darling, I like you,” the scene he has along with his daughter. So I assumed it was like, “Okay, effectively, there is likely to be layers to this man.” And who is aware of, we’d see extra of him sooner or later.
Skarsgård’s feedback come after IT: Welcome to Derry‘s twist ending teased the present’s roadmap for future seasons tackling Pennywise’s prior feeding cycles in town. Having pulled apart Matilda Lawler’s Marge from her group throughout their efforts to revive the cage retaining him within the city, Pennywise revealed he experiences time in a different way and sees previous, current and future all of sudden. Whereas initially relieved at his defeat, Marge and Lilly expressed their considerations about his utilizing his information to stop his dying in IT Chapter Two and doubtlessly even their existences.
This serves as a seamless method to proceed the artistic workforce’s plans for every subsequent season going backwards in time, with plans for IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 to be set in 1935 and concentrate on the Bradley Gang bloodbath, whereas season 3 would return to 1908. Contemplating season 1 additionally confirmed when precisely IT took on the Pennywise moniker, there’s actually loads of alternative for Skarsgård to return, and to discover extra of how he grew to become a reclusive creature in Derry’s sewers reasonably than a assured “Eater of Worlds,” as he typically claims to be.
Pennywise’s Time Journey Twist In It: Welcome To Derry Defined (& How It Includes Richie Tozier)
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The one factor that at present seems to be holding again Skarsgård from one other Pennywise outing is that HBO has but to resume IT: Welcome to Derry for one more season. Having premiered with the third-most-watched debut on HBO Max, behind Home of the Dragon and The Final of Us and its season 1 finale being the present’s most-watched episode, the scores are actually in its favor to get season 2 greenlit. Moreover, each critics and audiences had been largely in favor of the present, netting it near-identical Rotten Tomatoes scores of 81% and 82% from each.
The extra seemingly issue for IT: Welcome to Derry‘s lack of a renewal on the time of writing is the upcoming sale of HBO, HBO Max, and a number of different Warner Bros. Discovery properties to Netflix. Paramount Skydance has been avidly making an attempt to overhaul Netflix’s bid, to the purpose of a brand new lawsuit to get full particulars on its financials to see how they will outbid the streamer, as such leaving the destiny of many titles unclear whereas WB weighs its most suitable choice. Whatever the final result, the established plans for IT: Welcome to Derry‘s return, Skarsgård’s personal curiosity to find extra layers to Pennywise, and its stable scores ought to be sufficient of a basis for a greenlight sooner or later.
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October 26, 2025
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